You should run your best tires on the steering axle whether it's the drive axle or not. It's true that you don't want to lose traction on the drive axle, but it's much more important that you don't lose steering traction. Tire failure on a rear drive axle is inconvenient. Tire failure on a steering axle ... really sucks.

youre right, burning out definitely wont wear my diff assembly, clutch, flywheel, pressure plate, cv axles, tires.....i should do it everytime i take off....with a lot of those football bats in the bed just to make sure i get enough grip back there...

yes there are FWD trucks out there. for example i have a friend who owned a dodge rampage.

makes sense in terms of weight distribution for the driveshaft and diff to be in the back, given the rest of the weight is frontloaded on a pickup.

sorry, like i said... i havent owned a 4x4 - i drive a sc300 5speed TT - and will be using the truck only in the winter.

and unless your doing 4 wheel burnouts, your cv axles wont be affected. just some of that other stuff, including your tires. but in the real scheme of things, our trucks are meteor proof so i wouldnt worry too much about a little burnout here and there.

I used to work with a guy that had a older bronco, he was out showing off to some girls, making a lot of smoke and doing donuts and stuff... The idiot blew up his rear end. He had to get out, in front of the girls, lock his hubs and drive home in FWD.... Needless to say he didn't see them again...